Year of the Tiger, Martin Fallon [Henry Patterson]
First edition, first printing of this early Patterson thriller, writing as Martin Fallon, the second novel to feature British Intelligence officer Paul Chavasse. Housed in a custom slipcase.
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. Publisher's original brown cloth, spine lettered in silver; pp. 160. A near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy with a trace of a lean, minimal shelfwear to boards. Small price sticker removed from flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows light shelfwear witha couple small closed tears and creasing to back panel, closed tear to rear flap. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.